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NICK B. MILLER, OF FAIRFORD, MANITOBA, CANADA.

MOUSETRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenteanug. 2c, 1919.

Application filed .Tune 10y 1919. Serial No. 303,010.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NICK B. MILLER, a citizen of Ukraine, residing at Fairford, in the Province of -Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and uscful Improvements in Mousetraps, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a simple and inexpensive trap adapted for catching and imprisoning small animals such as mice, the animals being readily killed by means provided in the trap whenever desired, and then' easily removed from the trap. j

A further object of the invention is to provide a mouse trap in which the animal is executed subsequent to capture and is then readily removed from the trap which is ready to catch another mouse while the killing means is reset at will.

A still further object of the invention is to provide'a trap at all times in position for catching a mouse and readily manipulated from without for liberating the live mouse or for killing it at will.

With these general objects in view, the invention consists of the novel combination and construction of the parts hereinafter more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

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FigureV 1 is a top plan view of the invention partially broken away,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, and

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are vertical sectional views taken upon lines IIL-III, IV-IV and V-V respectively of Fig. 1.

My invention comprises a rectangular casing 10 having an entrance runway 11 in one end thereof withan open mouth 12 at one side of the casing. yA similar runway '13 at the side of the casing opposite the mouth 12 is entered by the mouse from the runwayll by passing through an opening 14 in the partition 15, a swinging flap 16 permitting the mouse to pass inwardly through the opening 14 but preventing its return to the runway 11.

A usual form 4of pivoted platform 17 in the runway 11 is normally tilted downwardly toward the mouth 12 permitting the mouse to vtravel over the platform 17 inwardly of the runway.

An imprisoning compartment 18at` the forward side of the casing 10 receives the mouse from the runway 13 beneath a short length partition 19 between the compartment 18 and runway 13. Thespace between the compartment 18 and runway 11 is divided into a killing chamber 20 and a discharge chamber 21. A plug 22 in the chamber 20 is pulled toward and into contact with the partition 23 between the chambers 20 and 21 by means of helical springs 24 attached adjacent the corners of the block 22, passing throughopenings 25 in the partition 23 and anchored at 26 to the adjacent partition wall 27 of the runway 13.

The block 22 is normally held retracted against the tension of the springs 24 by a cord 28 centrally attached as at'29 to the block and passingthrough a perforation 30 in the adjacent side of the casing 10 and held in any convenient manner as by a pin 31 passing through a loop 32 of the cord i 28. A hinged door 33 in the partition 23 is held closed when the trap is set by a 1od34 pivoted to said door and extending through the top of the casing 10 with a loop 35 adapted for receiving a pin 36 which pin also passes through eyes 37 upon the top of the casing. Two hinged lids 38 and 39 at the top of the casing 10 permit ready access to the interior thereof. The trap is set by retracting the block 22 and securing the same in its retractedxposition by the cord 28 as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, while the door 33 is locked closed by the rod 34. The mouse passes inwardly through the mouth 12 and through the runways 11 and 13 into the compartment 18 and thence through an opening 40 in the side wall 41 of the compartment into the killing chan'lber 20 between the block 22 and the partition 23.

The pin 31 may then be removed for releas- *the pin 36 is released and aspring 44 secured between the door 33 and the partition4 tion members having an opening thereed to receive an animal, a spring-operated through, a door in said opening, closing killing block in said chamber outwardly of 10 means for the door, locking means for the the openin and door adapted for movement closure means when the door is closed, auto# toward an from the same and manual re- 5 matic opening means for the door opera/ble tracting means for said block.

upon the release of said looking means, In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature. further partitions in the casing providing l a chamber adjacent said opening and adapt- NICK B. MILLER.

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